undermost

Example Sentences

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The undermost wrapper consists of a cloth of rather fine texture.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina

They tugged and tore at each other for a moment or two, and then went down together, falling on their sides, Wanless, being, if anything, rather undermost.

From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Wilson, Alexander Johnstone

The Spoke which now is highest in her Wheel may, when she gives it the next good Twist, be undermost as Nock.

From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus

In these panels, the undermost is often introductory to the one above, an illustration of it.

From Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens by Ruskin, John

The two grappled, and rolled on the floor, Frank undermost.

From Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various